Mirchi Pakora Chaat | Tangy Green Chilly fritters

Finally getting down to write a recipe after ages…..was busy, tired, occupied, lazy…..pick any excuse that you can believe ;-).

It’s not that my kitchen was a deserted place all this long, on the contrary the arrival of a Microwave Oven made me go crazy with baking experiments, along with the daily cooking and some great, some mediocre (and some disaster ) recipes that I tried. All this time I was busy bookmarking different recipes from my friend’s blogs and purchasing some awesome cookbooks, to polish my cooking skills. I hope I feel motivated enough to share all the recipes that I cooked in these months !

Well, though I have clicked the pictures of many foods that I cooked, it took a Chaat recipe to shake me off from the slumber, and so here I am , sharing this lip smacking Mirchi Pakora or Mirchi Bhajji chaat recipe !

Set aside the chillies for at least 6 hours or overnight.The salt and amchoor along with lemon juice will soften the skin of chillies and also will reduce the heat, not to forget the tangy taste it imparts to fritters.

Later, make a batter of thick coating consistency by adding all the ingredients in "for batter' list, except 'oil for frying'.

Dip each green chilly into the batter and coat it nicely from all sides, and carefully slide in the hot oil in frying pan.Reduce the heat after few seconds, so that the gram flour covering doesn't turn dark brown in color.

Deep fry till light golden brown.

If you find that the batter covering is turning dark and that the chillies might not have been cooked properly, worry not.Just take out the fritters from pan, let these cool down a bit and dip into the batter again, frying it for second time (Ok , no need to frown on all the frying part..we are about to make and eat a chaat..a chaat... mind you !). Even if you get the layer right, and later while slicing the pakoras, you find the skin of green chillies not cooked well , simply cut the pakoras into approximately 1" pieces and shallow fry or deep fry on medium flame.

Repeat the procedure till all the chillies are battered (lolz) and fried. Set aside to cool completely ( You are not a diehard foodie if at this moment you could resist biting into a piece or so.)

In the mean time, beat the curd/yogurt well till smooth, spice it a bit with salt and pepper (optional).

To serve, slice the pakoras (if you haven't sliced yet, I mean) in 1" pieces, arrange on a plate, pour some beaten curd, boiled and chopped potatoes, soaked boondi, some chaat masala, green chutney, tamarind chutney and garnish with coriander leaves, nylon sev and dig in right away.